Founder and Principal of Doumar Law Group; graduated in 1986 from the University of Virginia Law School. George was on the Editorial Board of the Virginia Law Review, and also Articles Editor of the Virginia Journal of International Law. He was graduated as a member of Order of the Coif, the law school honor society.

George was graduated with a B.S.F.S. degree in International Economics from Georgetown University, where he was Phi Beta Kappa and graduated magna cum laude.

Licensed to practice law in Virginia and the District of Columbia and in various federal courts including the United States Supreme Court. George is a Permanent Member of the Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference.

Began practicing law in 1986 with Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, a Wall Street-based law firm. Worked in the firm's Washington, D.C. and London offices, handling transactional and litigation matters for multinational companies and investment banks. After running for the Virginia House of Delegates in 1995, George developed his own legal practice. George has helped many businesses succeed, and also helped to salvage the remains of unsuccessful businesses.

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• Drafted corporate papers and minutes, executive contracts, and partnership agreements
  
  
• Drafted and litigated employment contracts, executive compensation, stock option and severance issues, confidentiality, non-compete clauses, shareholder agreements, buy-sell agreements
  
  
• Negotiated stock and asset purchase transactions, software licensing agreements, distribution and sales contracts
  
  
• Represented clients in disputes over lender liability, patent rights, misappropriation of trade secrets, business fraud,
  
  
• Negotiated and enforced letters of credit
  
  
• Litigated discrimination actions for both employers and employees
  
  
• Enforced foreign judgments in U.S. courts
  
  
• Estate litigation,
  
  
• Landlord-tenant disputes,
  
  
• Commercial lease review and negotiation
  
  
• Insurance coverage disputes
  
  
• Personal injury litigation involving foreign governments and Embassies
  
  
• Transactions including global securities offerings, eurobonds, and hostile takeovers.
  
  
• Commercial loan transactions
  
  
• Securities regulatory work: advised broker-dealers, government securities broker-dealers, and investment advisors as to net capital rules, customer protection requirements, and other regulatory issues
  
  
• Mass tort litigation: defended products liability cases relating to L-tryptophan and managed other litigation matters; drafted briefs on jurisdiction; multidistrict litigation; class actions; deposed plaintiffs, experts and treating physicians; prepared defense experts for depositions
  
  
• Defended various enforcement actions initiated by the Securities and Exchange Commission
  
  
• Outside general counsel for various companies
  
  
• Directed discovery of over 100,000 documents in investigation of failed financial institution
  
  

Litigated issues of first impression in various civil matters. See, e.g, Aviles v. Equifax Information Services, LLC et al, 521 F. Supp. 2d 519 (E.D. Va. 2007)(dismissal of claims on summary judgment under Fair Credit Reporting Act); Ivanov v. Sunset Pools Management, Inc., et al, 524 F. Supp. 2d 13 (D.D.C. 2007)(dismissal of individual company officers in FLSA and fraud case); Farris v. Rice, 2007 U.S. Dist. Lexis 425053 (D.D.C. 2007)(denial of summary judgment motion in Title VII context); RZS Holdings AVV v. Commemerzbank, A.G., 279 F. Supp. 2d 716, 51 UCC Rep. Serv. 2d 797 (E.D. Va. 2003)(jurisdiction involving letter of credit issued by U.K. bank to support sale of gasoline); Lee, et al., 160 F. Supp. 2d 14 (D.D.C. 2001)(preliminary injunction prohibiting retaliation in an employment context); Pallone v. Marshall Legacy Institute, et al, 97 F. Supp. 2d 942 (E.D. Va. 2000)(no private right of action under Virginia Wage Claims Act); Knab v. Republic of Georgia et al, D.D.C. (1998 Lexis 8820)(involving diplomatic immunity of diplomat that killed teenager in drunk driving accident).

Quoted in the Washington Post, appeared on CNN's "Burden of Proof," and featured in various local D.C.-area news reporting from time to time.